Chapter 6 - Socialization and social interaction

Question 1

Nature vs Nurture

Answer 1

A longstanding debate over whether behavior results from predetermined biological characteristics or from socialization.

Question 2

Looking-glass self

Answer 2

A process occurring in social interactions and having three components 1) how we think our behavior appears to others, 2) how we think others judge our behavior, 3) how we feel about their judgement. (Example thinking; omg I’m fat, thinking everyone thinks I’m a fat ass, therefore thinking everyone thinks I’m disgusting.)

Question 3

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 3

A prediction that comes true because people believe it and act as though it were true. (When you tell a child he’s slow, they internalize and may actually become slow).

Question 4

Erving Goffman

Answer 4

Believed in “presentation of self”, “dramaturgical approach”,

Question 5

Presentation of self

Answer 5

The way we present ourselves to others and how our presentation influences others. (Body language)

Question 6

Dramaturgical approach

Answer 6

Whenever we interact, we prepare ourselves backstage and then present ourselves as if on stage, according to what we’ve learned through socialization (like at an interview, date, meeting in laws).

Question 7

5 Major Agents of Socialization

Answer 7

Family, Schools, peer groups, religion, mass media.

Question 8

Resocialization

Answer 8

Socialization to a new role or position in life that requires a dramatic shift in the attitudes, values, behaviors, and expectations learned in the past. (Military, loss of a loved one, new job)

Question 9

Mortification of self

Answer 9

Stripping the self of all the characteristics of the past identity, including clothing, personal possessions, friends, roles and routines, and so on.

Question 10

Socialization

Answer 10

The life long process of learning how to interact in society by learning the rules and expectations of society.